Page 2: Historical Events In 1887

Feb 03   In the year 1887 to avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act   

Feb 04   Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads in the year 1887.   

Feb 05   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Snow falls on San Francisco on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club in the year 1887.   

Feb 08   Dawes Act passed (Indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) in the year 1887.   

Feb 09   On this day in history henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs)   

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 in the year 1887.   

Feb 10   [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9] on this day in history.   

Feb 11   On this day in history john van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen)   

Feb 13   Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000 in the year 1887.   

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.   

Feb 15   H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist on this day in history.   

Feb 16   1st newspaper convention (Rochester NY) in the year 1887.   

Feb 17   Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Nikos Kasandsakis, writer on this day in history.   

Feb 19   In the year 1887 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

Feb 20   1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh) in the year 1887.   

Feb 20   In the year 1887 david McKinley Williams, composer   

Feb 20   Germany, Austria-Hungary &France end Triple Alliance in the year 1887.   

Feb 21   1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   First US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday   

Feb 21   Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award) on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati in the year 1887.   

Feb 23   On this day in history congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco   

Feb 23   Congress grants Seal Rocks to SF on this day in history.   

Feb 23   On this day in history french/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die   

Feb 23   Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer in the year 1887.   

Feb 24   Mary Ellen Chase, US linguistic/author (White Gate) in the year 1887.   

Feb 25   In the year 1887 leonard Carey, England, actor (Laughter)   

Feb 26   In the year 1887 benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950)   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence   

Jan 03   Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)   

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1887 birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)   

Jan 16   In the year 1887 birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)   

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)   

Jan 01   In the year 1887 johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66   

Jan 07   In the year 1887 abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74   

Jan 14   On this day in history friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83   

Jan 17   In the year 1887 death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)   

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 in the year 1887.   

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.